WELLINGTON AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2809, 15 January 1908, Page 20

WELLINGTON AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

The first week of the New Tear has been just about perfect: The The rain we had on New Year's Weather. Eve, although light, has _ been of grea* service to the * green crops, and has assured a good start \ for mangolds and turnips-, besides- helping * the rape along. The autumn or oarly winter sown oat» are nearly all in stook, and - The some already in stack. Harrest. There wiH now be a lull J for a week or two until the—; spring^sown crop ripens. ■ It has been * grand haymaking season. There has_ been very little wind, which ie a great consideration. Reports say that the crops have been extra heavy ; therefore, ifr is the farmer's own. fault if he has not a good stack for the winter.

A good stack builder o£ either hay or grain is always worth the Stackiag. extra shillings- in wages, and somehow it is generally thai old man who docs the best work. I am. glad to be able to report that there are some of the hardy old sort left yet. They are independent of un : on or old age pensions. A friend told me the other day of— an. experience he had. He wanted ta stack oats from about 20 acres, but all his hands being sheep men he had no one who would undertake the stacking. Ho drove to the residence of an old man 67 years of age, and asked him to undertake the work, ottering to drive him back sd as to commence work in the morning. '